Baobab
Adansonia digitata
Observed at Gede Ruins, Kenya, Africa. January 2012.
TREE.
Massive tree with distinctive smooth, gray bark. The trunk appears swollen and
the branches atop smaller than expected.
FLOWERS: Large white flowers are five-petalled and slightly bilaterally
symetrical. Blooming is at night.
LEAVES: Large, palmately compound leaves are deciduous - falling in the
dry season.
FRUIT: Large ovoid fruit hang on long, pendulous stems.
RANGE: Found in hot lowlands that have distinct dry and wet seasons.
UNARMED